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mm f â€” â€” â€” m Chicago examiner c ****** sunday in Chicago lit vli it-kttc f.lsewhkkb and vicinity civxi eight chnt3 vol xviii no 5 a m sunday Chicago august 5 1917 german people sure of self-rule i side situation revealed by hale prussian electoral re forms assure voters more power than is held in britain lilitary party pledges itself to stand by no-conquest policy of reichstag leaders hoilweg is called second bismarck by william bayard hale chief staff correspondent at berlin who returned to the united states last week new york aug 4 1 wonder how accurately the recent . political crisis in germany a crisis not yet past â€” has been report ed in the united states it was provoked by the demand of erzberger leader of the centrum the catholic party in the reich stag july 6 that the government re affirm in definite terms the declara tion of august 4 1914 that germany was fighting a defensive war bethmann-hollweg had never been able to frame his lips to pronounce the clear words no annexations no indemnities the centrums the na tional liberals and the socialists are practically a unit behind the demands Â« erzberger etermi nation of people amazes leaders there followed anxious days of hasty and excited conferences to save the situation without exposing to the entente allies any evidence of inter nal friction for the first time since the begin ning of the war the military author ity the oberheeresleitung incarnate in the persons of hindenburg and ludendorff looked up from their charts and were amazed by the face of a determined people at the crown conferences which marked the crisis the crown prince appeared in virtue of the fact that the decisions to be reached affected his interests as prospective king of prussia and german emperor i learn tjom a high source that the prince's voice was for the liberalization of the prussian constitution and a gen eral advance on modern and popular lines three-day conference results in reforms for three days a series of confer ences were held in the garden of the ministry of the interior attended by the retiring chancellor his successor michaelis field marshal hindenburg and quartermaster general luden dorff and by the representatives of all the parties of the reichstag it was at these conferences that an un derstanding was arrived at i the demand of the german people came vocal in three clearly pro mnced particulars the rectification of the prussian suffrage the establishment of a truly par liamentary imperial government o the enunciation of the unr aims of the german nation as purely defensive hcichstag declines to grant war credit the kaiser's signed rescript di recting the reorganization of the prussian electorial system on the russia to make peace appeal to world nation fights to weather worst crisis council of workmen and sol diers committee in conference votes confidence in kerensky charges of treason laid to the minister of agriculture is called aid in german plot london aug 4 â€” premier ker ensky of russia has resigned and left petrograd according to a dis patch from the russian capital to night this is the second time m kerensky has presented his resigna tion the provisional government has refused to accept it . petrograd aug 4 â€” the execu tive council of the workmen's and soldiers delegates has resolved to issue a proclamation to the world pointing out the tragic position in which the continuation of the war would place them especially with respect to the russian revolution the overthrow of which would involve the wreck of all democracy and the hopes of a universal and just peace vote kerensky confidence at the conclusion of the political conference at the winter palace to day each of the five parties repre sented passsd a resolution declaring its confidence in premier kerensky and inviting him to form his own cabinet pour of the resolutions declared that a new cabinet should adhere to the program of reform and consolida tion issued by premier kerensky on june 21 but the constitutional demo crats in their resolution made no mention of the program which they continue to oppose entire cabinet present the entire cabinet wich the execp tion of premier kerensky who still is technically in resignation was present at the conference as were outside party leaders including paul n miliukoff m rodzianko and the president of the council of workmen's and soldiers delegates before the general debate began m nekrasoff who presided irf an swer to a question of m rodzianko said that the latest breach in the russian front may have serious con sequences but probably the enemy advance will be stopped general gurko m nekrasoff added was arrested because in the cor respondence of nicholas romanoff the former emperor there had been discovered a letter from general gurko pretends acceptance the letter was written immediately after the revolution and in it the general assured the former emperor that he remained faithful to the au tocracy but that he considered it necessary for the present to lie low and pretend that he acepted the revo lution the resignation of the ker and terestchenko â€” was due mainly to the charges of treason against m tchernoff the socialist minister of agriculture the russian minister at berne switzerland the reports add informed the government that tchernoff's col league on the committee zayontz a social revolutionist had worked with an austrian agent whose business was the recruiting of spies and that zayontz went to vienna and otrerea to organize outrages against russia in resigning his post premier ke rensky wrote to m nekrasoff lead ing radical cabinet minister whom he designated his temporary succes sor saying in view of the impossibility de spite all measures taken to con stitute a provisional government so as to cope with the necessities of the present time i can no longer continue responsible to the country m.nekrasoff now projected into prominence as temporary premier is a constitutional democrat and has been vice president of the cabinet and minister of communication allies morale sure to win says pershing london aug 5 â€” the london sunday times has received the following telegram from general pershing dated paris aug 4 the spirit and morale of the allied armies are splendid and the general situation is better than at the beginning of any other year of the war the allies should look forward with full confidence to a complete victory john j pershing killed by train on way to wed taxi carrying girl and fiance is struck five others near death lucile kartlin 1557 carroll street Chicago rushing from crown point to gary where she was to be married to peter prenock 3820 west lake street is dead five others may die and fifteen were injured as the re sult of automobile accidents in and near Chicago yesterday prenock and miss kartlin had taken out a marriage license in crown point and with charles de catur a friend of the bridegroom were hurrying to gary in a taxi just at the outskirts of gary the car was struck by a nickel plate freight its approach hidden by long lines of freight cars miss kartlin suffered a fracture of the skull and died at mercy hospital gary at 9 o'clock companion may die decatur received severe injuries to the spine which it is feared will cause death jack levine driver and prenock were cut and bruised persons seriously injured in other accidents are miss fannie taylor libertyville 111 broken jaw and collar bone and internal injuries mrs frank i wright wife of cashier of lake county national bank libertyville internal injuries and fractured leg carl carlson 5240 christiana ave nue Chicago skull fractured in ternal injuries donald miller 1036 orleans street Chicago internal injuries car hits pole the libertyville party was passing through evanston returning home when a machine driven by c a johnson morton grove struck their car at church street and ridge ave nue driving it into a telephone pole miss taylor and mrs wright were taken to the evanston hospital johnson was arrested charged with assault his bond was fixed at jl.ooo Chicago lawyer and woman drowned bernard h callner attorney son of henry callner merchant 5221 michigan avenue was drowned last night with an unidentified woman when his auto plunged into the san gamon river near springfield 111 his body was recovered k'er's has not been found he was twenty-six a graduate of the Chicago kent law svhool and went to springfield six weeks ago for his health blackstone to have 22 story annex a replica of the blackstone hotel under the present management will be erected at wabash avenue and seventh street separated from the present cscablishmc i by the black stone theater the new hotel will be of twnty-two stories work will be begun at once and completed by spring tt ia believed gerard bares kaiser's alibi to president letter to wilson in august 1914 shifted blame on england for beginning the conflict imperial document suppressed by berlin officials because it con flicted with hollweg's speech philadelphia pa aug 4 â€” the public ledger will publish to-morrow in the first install ment of former ambassador james w gerard's book my four years in germany 1 which records the ameri can diplomat's experiences at the german court until the entrance of the united states into the great war the autograph facsimile of a cable let ter written in english by emperor william to president wilson on august 10 1914 in the facsimile reproduction words and phrases appear crossed out interlined and underscored in the kaiser's own handwriting and the letter is addressed personally to the president as wilhelm ll's ver sion of how the world war began letter suppressed by officials in berlin by official request in berlin am bassador gerard suppressed this cable message to president wilson which the kaiser gave him for pub lication it now appears by special nermis sion of the president as a document dated later than chancellor von beth mann-hollweg's speech in the reichs tag of august 4 1914 which gave the then german official account of how the war began it is dated also after the german declaration of war against france differing materially from the pre vious official german version of the war's beginning mr gerard says the imperial rescript to the presi dent will be regarded by future his torians of the world war as a unique document the emperor's cable message reads in full as follows asserts england had pledged neutrality for the president of the united states personally 1 h r h prince henry was received by his majesty king george v in london who em powered him to transmit it to me verbally that england would le main neutral if war broke out on the continent involving germany and france austria and russia this mesage was telegraphed to me by my brother from london after his conversation with h m the king and repeated verbally on the 29th of july 2 my ambassador in london transmitted a message from sir e grey to berlin saying that only in case france was likely to be crushed would england interfere demanded austria be left in lurch 3 on the 30th my ambassador in london reported that sir edward grey in course of a private con versation told him that if the con flict remained localized between russia â€” not serbia â€” and austria england would not move but if we mixed in the fray she would take quick decisions and grave measures i e if i left my ally austria in the lurch to fight alone england would not touch me 4 this communication being di rectly counter to the king's mes sage to me i telegraphed on the 29th or 30th thanking him for kind messages through my brother and embargo means war kaiser tells holland paris aug 4 lt was reli ably reported to-day that the german foreign office is notify ing neutral states adjacent to here that it will be considered an act of war if any of these neu tral countries close their fron tiers against germany the threat it is said is directed espe cially against holland zimmermann is ousted report chancellor michaelis shakes up german cabinet declares berlin newspaper berlin aug i â€” chancellor ml chaells has shakenup the imperial ministry aceordin grto the vossische zeitung to-day which lists these changes herr von batocki succeeded as food dictator by von waldow former president of pommerania dr von kreslman succeeding dr zlmermann as foreign minister dr wilraf gets post dr wilrff succeeding former chan cellor bethmann-hollweg as minister of the interior dr gess in a newly established post of minister of munitions vice chancellor helfferich imper ial home minister count von roe dern imperial treasurer and kerr kraetke imperial minister of post offices all remain in the rearranged cabinet in their old posts shake up in prussia the vossische zeitung also an nounced these changes in the prus sian state ministry herr drews succeeding von lob dell as minister of the interior von tassenbach suceeding dr von schoriemer as minister of agricul ture herr persch succeeding dr beesler as minister of justice von hergt succeeding dr lentze as minister of finance highland park phone girls brave flames smoke filled the third floor of the highland park bank building high land park an hour before last mid night the third floor is occupied by the exchange of the Chicago tele phone company at night two oper ators miss martha booth and miss theresa poth are at the switchboard the smoke grew dense the floor under the operators feet became warm and then hot the volunteer fire department of highland park consists of twenty five men each must be summoned from his home by telephone miss booth and miss poth methodically rang up every member flames were lapping into the ex change room when the firemen ar rived but the two operators insisted on remaining at their boards after an hour's water pumping the build ing was saved not a telephone con nection had been slighted miss rankin's maiden speech is heralded washington aug <.â€” miss jean nette rankin the only woman mem ber of congress will address the house in her first set speech next tuesday her topic is a deep secret a large floor and gallery audience is expected miss rankin to-day modestly requested ten minutes for her address speaker champ clark gallantly suggested the time be ex tended to thirty minutes and this was granted amid applause . new army in parade cheered by 300,000 13,477 of chicago's quota bom barded with flowers by admir ing multitudes many national ities inline students praised by ben e kendall chicago's citizen soldiery march ed into fame and the heart of the city yesterday â€” as they hope some day to march into ger man trenches and Chicago let them know the regard in which they are held with great cheers reverbrating like thun der the people of the city 300,000 of them told of their pride and ad miration for the men who soon will go to uphold the nation's honor in france every street through which the marching lines passed was packed to capacity with a , cheering flag-wav ing throng flowers were showered on the marchers and kisses by thou sands thrown to them pride in men overshadows sorrow tears were few pride in the men who stepped forth so firmly over shadowed sorrow and the pride of the watchers was no greater than the pride of the marchers theirs the duty seen and answered left-right-left-right buzzed the voices of the men in command of the lines of chicago's select the draft ed men but the words seemed not to reach their ears though they marched in step in their eyes was a look that indicated the steady clumpity clup of their feet sounded not left right but to-france-to-france-to krance march of triumph for sheridan men bring on your trainings we're ready was in the 4,000 members of the officers reserve camp at fort sheridan who led the march for the drafted men for the sailors who took part and for the Illinois national guardsmen who fell in at the end of the line and army officers and experts who watched the long lines file by could not check their enthusiasm they'll make the greatest soldiers in the world declared major general thomas h barry commander of the central war deppartment magnificent was the comment of boris bakhmetieff russia ambassa dor and head of the russian war com mission to the united states other members of the commission echoed his view the parade started at eighth u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” shower sunday followed by cooler in after noon and night i monday fair and cooler moderate to fresh southerly shifting o northwest wind temperature for twenty-four hours ending 2i m : hicht-st 80 ( lowest 87 average 74 deficiency since january 1 243 decrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending aft 5 a m none deficiency ince january 1 4.76 inches relative humidity 1 a m i 2 p m 59 7 p m us bajom*jttic pressure ledured to sea level 7 â€¢ ' di 3o.()r 7 p m 29.ft6 , jfiunrise tr-dav 4:48 sunset 7 h complete government rsdcrt pÂ«ie 4 : put vi 1,700,000 men volunteered for services new york aug 4 â€” the fol lowing table gives the approxi mate number of men who have volunteered for the american service branch applies accepted regular army 540,000 180,000 national guard 540,000 180,000 navy 225,000 75,000 marine corps 45,000 15,000 training camps 150,000 50,000 naval militia 75,000 25,000 army reserve 75,000 25,000 naval reserve : 150,000 50.c00 . total 1,750,000 650,000 the latest war department fig ures for the national guard show that the militia obtained in april may and june 136,272 new men an average of 45,424 recruits a month noordam hits mine 507 saved dutch liner makes port tug boat takes off passengers in heavy gale amsterdam aug 4 the hol land-america line steamship noor dam struck a mine while bound for holland and although badly dam aged reached port under its own steam owing to the low water how ever it was i!ot able to enter and salvage vessels are standing by the noordam carried 237 passen gers and a crew of 270 all of whom were saved the explosion occurred at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in storm weather with a heavy sea running passenger teixs story describing the occurrence dr henry van loon o,ne of the passen gers said on august 3 the noordam was struck â€” probably by two mines as there were two explosions â€” com pletely demolishing most of the lifeboats and causing a dangerous list but no casualties although a heavy sea was run ing under the most praiseworthy discipline all the passengers were saved after the women and chil dren were first helped the tugboat thames picked up all the survivors in the course of about three hours heavy seas and dangerous squalls threatened the complete destruction of the small and overloaded craft and floating mines added to the horror of the eighteen-hour trip to land which was borne in exemplary and cheer ful spirit americans on board charles drost a business man 01 boston mass was one of the two americans aboard the passengers aboard the tug thames were provided with meals and blankets and huddled together thus spending the night which for tunately became calmer astonishment was expressed that dutch warships did not come to the rescue but it is explained that this was du to their strict orders to avoid the mine zone this is the second time the noor dam has struck a mine its cargo value is estimated at 2,000,000 marconi wireless quits british service new york aug 4 â€” the marconi wifeless telegraph company to-night announced that in accordance with orders received from the british ad miislty no messages will be trans mitted alter this midnight in either bmection between grtat britain and canada this rjeasure i^nclared to be a war pre^Â«tion draft posses kill in battle iu nuur trfifpuii nuuro u score of draft rebels sho^^j fight while trying to town posse of 1,000 scoursÃŸ country for rioters general crowder ready to rush } troops to halt revolt slack m ers warned they may face m firing squad as deserters oklahoma city aug 4 li two battles with jjltsj.jij posses at ada tonight one-draf rcsister waa killed and another fatally wounded the man killed will cargill was 9 member of the jones family he was shot in a fight near adi between a posse headed by sheriff grail of seminole county and a band of rioters fifty shots were e changed the band of twent rebel was captured one man was shot and severafj wounded in a pitched battle betweet a mob of 300 men who are seekingfl to burn the town cf konowa ancfl posses which endeavored to intenÃŸh cept them before they arrived at tha i town according to word received at i 10 o'clock here the posse was rushed from acia in i a special train washington aug 4 the short shrift of court-martial and the firing squad ' v.ill be the lot of those who persist m sistance to the draft the iron hajfl of the full military power of the fl tion is ready opportunity is now presented to those who do not wish to serve to i present the government with thein â– â– excuses should they fail to do this fl they are automatically enrolled as â– soldiers if they then fail to appear i for duty they are deserter punishment for deserti j inwarÂ»>h time is death and the full nifl^etÃŸ power of the nation will be employedh if necessary to impose the penaltyfl general crowder the provost mar-bj shal general outlined this procedure m to-day he and the department of justice are closely v atching the bit i uation in oklahoma and other scat tered points the war department is prepared to rush veteran troops to any point to suppress disorder and to impose the extreme penalty look cn oklohoma m riots as civil crimes fl it is doubtful however whetho | the extreme penalty can be incurred i until after the final date for enroll h ment such disorders as those in oklan v homa are to-night regarded here asji purely civil local authorities wlll^b be ordered to handle them imposing the civil law penalty for murder^b riot or manslaughter as the cas^b may be military lawyers doubflj whether any crime against the na-i^h tion has yet been committed charges of high treason m planned by the u s m the oklahoma rioters the jonesaj family and other reslaters of thenj draft are looked upon as ignorant;^h persons deceived by shrewd agita i tors military power will be called into play only when the situation gets beyond the state and county peace authorities if the agitators alleged i u w â– â– leaders who have stirred up thisj bntlnued on 2d page 7th column continued on 4th page 6th column continued on 2d page 6th column edition j a-a this edition consists of a | iâ€”news.1 â€” news s â€” city life "| " 2 â€” news drama automobiles movies sports 6 â€” want ads 4 â€” editorial financial i i feature real estate i society 7 â€” magazine /â– fiction b comics

mm f â€” â€” â€” m Chicago examiner c ****** sunday in Chicago lit vli it-kttc f.lsewhkkb and vicinity civxi eight chnt3 vol xviii no 5 a m sunday Chicago august 5 1917 german people sure of self-rule i side situation revealed by hale prussian electoral re forms assure voters more power than is held in britain lilitary party pledges itself to stand by no-conquest policy of reichstag leaders hoilweg is called second bismarck by william bayard hale chief staff correspondent at berlin who returned to the united states last week new york aug 4 1 wonder how accurately the recent . political crisis in germany a crisis not yet past â€” has been report ed in the united states it was provoked by the demand of erzberger leader of the centrum the catholic party in the reich stag july 6 that the government re affirm in definite terms the declara tion of august 4 1914 that germany was fighting a defensive war bethmann-hollweg had never been able to frame his lips to pronounce the clear words no annexations no indemnities the centrums the na tional liberals and the socialists are practically a unit behind the demands Â« erzberger etermi nation of people amazes leaders there followed anxious days of hasty and excited conferences to save the situation without exposing to the entente allies any evidence of inter nal friction for the first time since the begin ning of the war the military author ity the oberheeresleitung incarnate in the persons of hindenburg and ludendorff looked up from their charts and were amazed by the face of a determined people at the crown conferences which marked the crisis the crown prince appeared in virtue of the fact that the decisions to be reached affected his interests as prospective king of prussia and german emperor i learn tjom a high source that the prince's voice was for the liberalization of the prussian constitution and a gen eral advance on modern and popular lines three-day conference results in reforms for three days a series of confer ences were held in the garden of the ministry of the interior attended by the retiring chancellor his successor michaelis field marshal hindenburg and quartermaster general luden dorff and by the representatives of all the parties of the reichstag it was at these conferences that an un derstanding was arrived at i the demand of the german people came vocal in three clearly pro mnced particulars the rectification of the prussian suffrage the establishment of a truly par liamentary imperial government o the enunciation of the unr aims of the german nation as purely defensive hcichstag declines to grant war credit the kaiser's signed rescript di recting the reorganization of the prussian electorial system on the russia to make peace appeal to world nation fights to weather worst crisis council of workmen and sol diers committee in conference votes confidence in kerensky charges of treason laid to the minister of agriculture is called aid in german plot london aug 4 â€” premier ker ensky of russia has resigned and left petrograd according to a dis patch from the russian capital to night this is the second time m kerensky has presented his resigna tion the provisional government has refused to accept it . petrograd aug 4 â€” the execu tive council of the workmen's and soldiers delegates has resolved to issue a proclamation to the world pointing out the tragic position in which the continuation of the war would place them especially with respect to the russian revolution the overthrow of which would involve the wreck of all democracy and the hopes of a universal and just peace vote kerensky confidence at the conclusion of the political conference at the winter palace to day each of the five parties repre sented passsd a resolution declaring its confidence in premier kerensky and inviting him to form his own cabinet pour of the resolutions declared that a new cabinet should adhere to the program of reform and consolida tion issued by premier kerensky on june 21 but the constitutional demo crats in their resolution made no mention of the program which they continue to oppose entire cabinet present the entire cabinet wich the execp tion of premier kerensky who still is technically in resignation was present at the conference as were outside party leaders including paul n miliukoff m rodzianko and the president of the council of workmen's and soldiers delegates before the general debate began m nekrasoff who presided irf an swer to a question of m rodzianko said that the latest breach in the russian front may have serious con sequences but probably the enemy advance will be stopped general gurko m nekrasoff added was arrested because in the cor respondence of nicholas romanoff the former emperor there had been discovered a letter from general gurko pretends acceptance the letter was written immediately after the revolution and in it the general assured the former emperor that he remained faithful to the au tocracy but that he considered it necessary for the present to lie low and pretend that he acepted the revo lution the resignation of the ker and terestchenko â€” was due mainly to the charges of treason against m tchernoff the socialist minister of agriculture the russian minister at berne switzerland the reports add informed the government that tchernoff's col league on the committee zayontz a social revolutionist had worked with an austrian agent whose business was the recruiting of spies and that zayontz went to vienna and otrerea to organize outrages against russia in resigning his post premier ke rensky wrote to m nekrasoff lead ing radical cabinet minister whom he designated his temporary succes sor saying in view of the impossibility de spite all measures taken to con stitute a provisional government so as to cope with the necessities of the present time i can no longer continue responsible to the country m.nekrasoff now projected into prominence as temporary premier is a constitutional democrat and has been vice president of the cabinet and minister of communication allies morale sure to win says pershing london aug 5 â€” the london sunday times has received the following telegram from general pershing dated paris aug 4 the spirit and morale of the allied armies are splendid and the general situation is better than at the beginning of any other year of the war the allies should look forward with full confidence to a complete victory john j pershing killed by train on way to wed taxi carrying girl and fiance is struck five others near death lucile kartlin 1557 carroll street Chicago rushing from crown point to gary where she was to be married to peter prenock 3820 west lake street is dead five others may die and fifteen were injured as the re sult of automobile accidents in and near Chicago yesterday prenock and miss kartlin had taken out a marriage license in crown point and with charles de catur a friend of the bridegroom were hurrying to gary in a taxi just at the outskirts of gary the car was struck by a nickel plate freight its approach hidden by long lines of freight cars miss kartlin suffered a fracture of the skull and died at mercy hospital gary at 9 o'clock companion may die decatur received severe injuries to the spine which it is feared will cause death jack levine driver and prenock were cut and bruised persons seriously injured in other accidents are miss fannie taylor libertyville 111 broken jaw and collar bone and internal injuries mrs frank i wright wife of cashier of lake county national bank libertyville internal injuries and fractured leg carl carlson 5240 christiana ave nue Chicago skull fractured in ternal injuries donald miller 1036 orleans street Chicago internal injuries car hits pole the libertyville party was passing through evanston returning home when a machine driven by c a johnson morton grove struck their car at church street and ridge ave nue driving it into a telephone pole miss taylor and mrs wright were taken to the evanston hospital johnson was arrested charged with assault his bond was fixed at jl.ooo Chicago lawyer and woman drowned bernard h callner attorney son of henry callner merchant 5221 michigan avenue was drowned last night with an unidentified woman when his auto plunged into the san gamon river near springfield 111 his body was recovered k'er's has not been found he was twenty-six a graduate of the Chicago kent law svhool and went to springfield six weeks ago for his health blackstone to have 22 story annex a replica of the blackstone hotel under the present management will be erected at wabash avenue and seventh street separated from the present cscablishmc i by the black stone theater the new hotel will be of twnty-two stories work will be begun at once and completed by spring tt ia believed gerard bares kaiser's alibi to president letter to wilson in august 1914 shifted blame on england for beginning the conflict imperial document suppressed by berlin officials because it con flicted with hollweg's speech philadelphia pa aug 4 â€” the public ledger will publish to-morrow in the first install ment of former ambassador james w gerard's book my four years in germany 1 which records the ameri can diplomat's experiences at the german court until the entrance of the united states into the great war the autograph facsimile of a cable let ter written in english by emperor william to president wilson on august 10 1914 in the facsimile reproduction words and phrases appear crossed out interlined and underscored in the kaiser's own handwriting and the letter is addressed personally to the president as wilhelm ll's ver sion of how the world war began letter suppressed by officials in berlin by official request in berlin am bassador gerard suppressed this cable message to president wilson which the kaiser gave him for pub lication it now appears by special nermis sion of the president as a document dated later than chancellor von beth mann-hollweg's speech in the reichs tag of august 4 1914 which gave the then german official account of how the war began it is dated also after the german declaration of war against france differing materially from the pre vious official german version of the war's beginning mr gerard says the imperial rescript to the presi dent will be regarded by future his torians of the world war as a unique document the emperor's cable message reads in full as follows asserts england had pledged neutrality for the president of the united states personally 1 h r h prince henry was received by his majesty king george v in london who em powered him to transmit it to me verbally that england would le main neutral if war broke out on the continent involving germany and france austria and russia this mesage was telegraphed to me by my brother from london after his conversation with h m the king and repeated verbally on the 29th of july 2 my ambassador in london transmitted a message from sir e grey to berlin saying that only in case france was likely to be crushed would england interfere demanded austria be left in lurch 3 on the 30th my ambassador in london reported that sir edward grey in course of a private con versation told him that if the con flict remained localized between russia â€” not serbia â€” and austria england would not move but if we mixed in the fray she would take quick decisions and grave measures i e if i left my ally austria in the lurch to fight alone england would not touch me 4 this communication being di rectly counter to the king's mes sage to me i telegraphed on the 29th or 30th thanking him for kind messages through my brother and embargo means war kaiser tells holland paris aug 4 lt was reli ably reported to-day that the german foreign office is notify ing neutral states adjacent to here that it will be considered an act of war if any of these neu tral countries close their fron tiers against germany the threat it is said is directed espe cially against holland zimmermann is ousted report chancellor michaelis shakes up german cabinet declares berlin newspaper berlin aug i â€” chancellor ml chaells has shakenup the imperial ministry aceordin grto the vossische zeitung to-day which lists these changes herr von batocki succeeded as food dictator by von waldow former president of pommerania dr von kreslman succeeding dr zlmermann as foreign minister dr wilraf gets post dr wilrff succeeding former chan cellor bethmann-hollweg as minister of the interior dr gess in a newly established post of minister of munitions vice chancellor helfferich imper ial home minister count von roe dern imperial treasurer and kerr kraetke imperial minister of post offices all remain in the rearranged cabinet in their old posts shake up in prussia the vossische zeitung also an nounced these changes in the prus sian state ministry herr drews succeeding von lob dell as minister of the interior von tassenbach suceeding dr von schoriemer as minister of agricul ture herr persch succeeding dr beesler as minister of justice von hergt succeeding dr lentze as minister of finance highland park phone girls brave flames smoke filled the third floor of the highland park bank building high land park an hour before last mid night the third floor is occupied by the exchange of the Chicago tele phone company at night two oper ators miss martha booth and miss theresa poth are at the switchboard the smoke grew dense the floor under the operators feet became warm and then hot the volunteer fire department of highland park consists of twenty five men each must be summoned from his home by telephone miss booth and miss poth methodically rang up every member flames were lapping into the ex change room when the firemen ar rived but the two operators insisted on remaining at their boards after an hour's water pumping the build ing was saved not a telephone con nection had been slighted miss rankin's maiden speech is heralded washington aug h time is death and the full nifl^etÃŸ power of the nation will be employedh if necessary to impose the penaltyfl general crowder the provost mar-bj shal general outlined this procedure m to-day he and the department of justice are closely v atching the bit i uation in oklahoma and other scat tered points the war department is prepared to rush veteran troops to any point to suppress disorder and to impose the extreme penalty look cn oklohoma m riots as civil crimes fl it is doubtful however whetho | the extreme penalty can be incurred i until after the final date for enroll h ment such disorders as those in oklan v homa are to-night regarded here asji purely civil local authorities wlll^b be ordered to handle them imposing the civil law penalty for murder^b riot or manslaughter as the cas^b may be military lawyers doubflj whether any crime against the na-i^h tion has yet been committed charges of high treason m planned by the u s m the oklahoma rioters the jonesaj family and other reslaters of thenj draft are looked upon as ignorant;^h persons deceived by shrewd agita i tors military power will be called into play only when the situation gets beyond the state and county peace authorities if the agitators alleged i u w â– â– leaders who have stirred up thisj bntlnued on 2d page 7th column continued on 4th page 6th column continued on 2d page 6th column edition j a-a this edition consists of a | iâ€”news.1 â€” news s â€” city life "| " 2 â€” news drama automobiles movies sports 6 â€” want ads 4 â€” editorial financial i i feature real estate i society 7 â€” magazine /â– fiction b comics